Re: What have you watched recently?
yeah they are much different kind of movies..although in some ways they explore similar kinds of stories you know. Sort of seeking out a solution or path to find their way.
Like I mentioned, some people feel like you do, that ItW got dissed at the Oscars and was an epic masterpiece. I guess part of it for me was it looked really up my alley, and while seeing WC's beforehand kinda affected my viewing, I also just maybe expected to be more blown away by it. Suppose I could go for another viewing. A lot of those same people last year talked about CHILDREN OF MEN in a similar way..I felt maybe even worse about that and also dissappointed..it was just so dark and depressing..it was a job to sit through, especially the 2nd (and 3rd?) Acts.
but WC's..yeah glad you got to see it..I wish more people did..I think it's done better in DVD sales/rentals as I noticed a bunch of copies at Hollywood recently. It was in my top 5 films of last year anyway.
I saw 2 films back-2-back that kind of fucked up my viewing of the 2nd as well earlier this year. SNOW ANGELS is probably my favorite movie this year. But it was pretty dark and forceful in some ways given the 3rd Act's events. But what ultimately got me won over by it is how much I had to think about the ending afterwards and how and why it was written how it was. I then saw MEET BILL with Aaron Eckhardt, and while that film I enjoyed, it just paled so much in comparison in the impact it left me with, I might have gained more from it had I watched it at another time.
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Like I mentioned, some people feel like you do, that ItW got dissed at the Oscars and was an epic masterpiece. I guess part of it for me was it looked really up my alley, and while seeing WC's beforehand kinda affected my viewing, I also just maybe expected to be more blown away by it. Suppose I could go for another viewing. A lot of those same people last year talked about CHILDREN OF MEN in a similar way..I felt maybe even worse about that and also dissappointed..it was just so dark and depressing..it was a job to sit through, especially the 2nd (and 3rd?) Acts.
but WC's..yeah glad you got to see it..I wish more people did..I think it's done better in DVD sales/rentals as I noticed a bunch of copies at Hollywood recently. It was in my top 5 films of last year anyway.
I saw 2 films back-2-back that kind of fucked up my viewing of the 2nd as well earlier this year. SNOW ANGELS is probably my favorite movie this year. But it was pretty dark and forceful in some ways given the 3rd Act's events. But what ultimately got me won over by it is how much I had to think about the ending afterwards and how and why it was written how it was. I then saw MEET BILL with Aaron Eckhardt, and while that film I enjoyed, it just paled so much in comparison in the impact it left me with, I might have gained more from it had I watched it at another time.
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